Laura

This should be the biggest news of the week. www.npr.org/2026/08/02/g...

This is a stinky decision, start to finish.

And here's why the SCOTUS trans athlete decision puts the rights of all women at risk: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Only US Votes Against Women’s Rights Document at UN Commission healthpolicy-watch.news/us-isolated-...

I’ll have what Hungary’s having.

The President of the United States is a deranged and evil madman. What is wrong with us that he has not been removed?

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Oh wow: AFGE (federal govt employee union) calls for the ouster of Noem and Miller. www.afge.org/publication/...

Read this beautiful commentary from Stacey Patton. substack.com/@drstaceypat...

I know it's hard to track all the threats to democracy out there right now, but this is at the top of the list.

Important perspective from Greenland.

One thing most people don't understand is that we in the US enjoy greater wealth funded by other countries because they assume we are a stable and relatively friendly hegemon.

Carney reportedly wrote the speech himself. Canada's govt is in good hands. He urges everyone to recognize that the US has joined Ru in finishing off the intl order and is trying to convert allies into vassals but also to remember Canada/EU/others have the power to push back and defend sovereignty.

this Greenland shit is fucking insane. it’s fucking insane. the fact that anyone is humoring him is fucking insane. the biggest problem in the world today is that nobody is taking the president seriously for the fucking psychopath he is. this isn’t all some fucking joke

Yes to this! "It has to stop here". We owe it the next generations.

Copenhagen town hall square, Denmark right now. Massive solidarity with Greenland demonstrations. Source: dr.dk

I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland. Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.

230–196: House votes to restore ACA tax credits

That's the first known U.S. "land strike" in Venezuela. Another big shout-out to the 212 Republicans and 1 Democrat in the House who voted against stopping Trump from attacking Venezuela without congressional authorization. (Roll call 346: clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025346)

Canada is one of the eight countries that today expressed its solidarity with the people of Greenland and Denmark in the face of threats to their territorial integrity from Trump and his newly appointed Reichsstatthalter for Greenland, Jeff Landry.

The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

Just your daily reminder that the occurrence of frequent uncontained measles outbreaks in a country is not a flex, it is a marker of under development and a failed public health system.

NEWS: Trump officials are worried the ICC may try to prosecute them for war crimes once Trump's term ends, and are threatening sanctions against the ICC to change its founding document to grant them immunity. (via Reuters / link in reply)

A Dishonorable Strike Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...

This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

The International Legal Obligation of States to Stop Intelligence Support for U.S. Boat Strikes By @mikeschmitt.bsky.social, Marko Milanovic, @rgoodlaw.bsky.social www.justsecurity.org/124762/carib... #EU #UK #France #Canada #Colombia #Mexico

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

“Millions of Americans are coming out today not because they hate America. We’re here because we love America.” #NoKings

BOSTON… (those are people, not ants) #NoKingsInAmerica 🇺🇸

Shit's getting bad, man. Real bad.

We are fast becoming a banana republic, with two standards of justice. If you oppose the leader, you go to jail just for speech. If you're a loyalist, you get immunity for your crimes. That's what happens in Iran - not the United States. This is a decision moment for America.

They’re treating the murder of Charlie Kirk like the 9/11 terror attacks, as an excuse to go to war. But this time they’re going to war against the US.

Ezra Klein: "I’m not going to tell you I am absolutely sure Democrats should shut the government down. I’m not. At the same time, joining Republicans to fund this government is worse than failing at opposition. It’s complicity." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...

Massive walkout underway at CDC. RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.

Pritzker: Trump looked at the cameras and asked for me personally to say, Mr. President, can you do us the honor of protecting our city? Instead, I say, Mr. President, do not come to Chicago. Your remarks about this effort have betrayed a continuing slip in your mental faculties

Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect. As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.

Below are the 30 U.S. cities with at least 100,000 residents that had the highest number of crimes against people, per 100,000, according to the latest FBI data report. Goodness, Washington, D.C., forgot to be included! JD Vance & Jim Jordon's Ohio makes a stellar showing. Heck of a job on crime!

The President—who uses antisemitic slurs—is building concentration camps and an enormous secret police force. Ya know, maybe this is just because I’m Jewish, but I wish the political opposition and the media made a bigger deal about it!

As of this very minute, that number has doubled. Over 2200 people have raised their hands to @runforsomething.net since Tuesday. We’ll help them all. runforwhat.net

Senior officers of the United States military have an obligation to speak up and be leaders. Where is the Army chief of staff? Will he or others speak truth to the commander in chief and put a stop to the assault on the integrity of his troops? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Yes, I'm pissed about the jumbo jet too. But this is actually the most important story today.

We shouldn't human traffic guilty people to foreign death camps, either, actually.

For your enjoyment: here is Secretary of Education Linda McMahon talking about implementing AI in schools, but pronouncing it "A1," as in "A1 Steak Sauce" www.youtube.com/live/lxrg28z...

Jackson: "At least when the Court went off base in the past, it left a record so posterity could see how it went wrong. See, e.g., Korematsu v. United States, 323 U. S. 214 (1944)."

Protests aren’t the only tool in the anti-authoritarian toolkit, but they’re incredibly important. Protests help us see each other; they make it feel safer to refuse to obey the dictator, and make it more possible for us to organize mass non-cooperation. It’s an essential step in the process.